Our 1961 220SE Cabriolet
 

My Dad bought this car in 1962 for my Mom, we restored it 6 years ago.
As a child I rode in this car back and forth to the east coast several times.
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Love it!!!

Beautiful car. My FIL had one of those as well.

WOW WOW WOW!!! you got sooo spoiled as a kid!! Are those pics taken at the completion of the resto? Very beautiful cars. I love that your family used these beauties.
Thanks again for sharing!

Cheers Richard

Thats when cars were cars and men were still men...not like the puke disposable cars and wimpy Metrosexual men of today...

Steering the 1956 300S you have to be very manly, no woosies apply.

Forearms like Siemens...

you & Stomachmonkey need to compare memories..
he has a stunning old Benz..

Rika

Very nice!

Are your parents adopting?

haha, Dad passed last september, Mom is vibrant, but sorry we are not splitting the pie

Very nice restoration! Very authentic to how they came off the assembly line

They came off the assembly line nice, but not this nice. We had the car on a rotisserie and the finish on the chassis is almost as nice the top

That differential is friggin mind boggling...

That car and your garage thread are wonderful. I don't want to rain on your parade, but I judge Concours from time-to-time, and I'd ding you for over restoration on the underside and the wheel wells. Unless you could prove to me it came with that finish from the factory.

So the drive shaft is in an enclosed tunnel...neat..but a pain to feed through and re and re. Sweet car!

I agree, my father decided to go crazy on the underside and wheel wells.
Factory was i believe, semi-black.

126 Coupe - That is a stunning restro, can we get pic's of the engine bay when you get a chance? Want to compare to the 1960 190 SL I bought this summer.

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This cars are a whole new driving experience. Can't help but compare to a 1959 AH 1006-6 I had and then the 1962 XKE Roadster......The Merc is in a class by itself....

That's not a garage. That's a major shop.